Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 3.djvu/805

 PUBLIC LAW 100-551—OCT. 28, 1988

102 STAT. 2757

"(3) Design and implementation of training seminars for State and local officials and private and professional firms dealing with radon and addressing topics such as monitoring, analysis, mitigation, health effects, public information, and program design. "(4) Publication of public information materials concerning radon health risks and methods of radon mitigation. "(5) Operation of cooperative projects between the Environmental Protection Agency's Radon Action Program and the State's radon program. Such projects shall include the Home Evaluation Program, in which the Environmental Protection Agency evaluates homes and States demonstrate mitigation methods in these homes. To the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the objectives of the evaluation and demonstration, homes of low-income persons should be selected for evaluation and demonstration. "(6) Demonstration of radon mitigation methods in various types of structures and in various geographic settings and publication of findings. In the case of demonstration of such methods in homes, the Administrator should select homes of low-income persons, to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with the objectives of the demonstration. "(7) Establishment of a national data base with data organized by State concerning the location and amounts of radon. "(8) Development and demonstration of methods of radon measurement and mitigation that take into account unique characteristics, if any, of nonresidential buildings housing child care facilities. "(b) DISCRETIONARY ASSISTANCE.—Upon request of a State, the Administrator (or another Federal department or agency designated by the Administrator) may provide technical assistance to such State in development or implementation of programs addressing radon. Such assistance may include, but is not limited to, the following: "(1) Design and implementation of surveys of the location and occurrence of radon within a State. "(2) Design and implementation of public information and education programs. "(3) Design and implementation of State programs to control radon in existing or new structures. "(4) Assessment of mitigation alternatives in unusual or unconventional structures. "(5) Design and implementation of methods for radon measurement and mitigation for nonresidential buildings housing child care facilities. "(c) INFORMATION PROVIDED TO PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.—

The Administrator, or another Federal department or agency designated by the Administrator, shall provide appropriate information concerning technology and methods of radon assessment and mitigation to professional organizations representing private firms involved in building design, engineering, and construction. "(d) PLAN.—Within 9 months after the date of the enactment of this section and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a plan identifying assistance to be provided under this section and outlining personnel and financial resources necessary to implement this section. Prior to submission to Congress, this plan shall be reviewed by the advisory groups provided for in section

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